Hillary Clinton is ‘so proud’ of President Obama for executive action on gun control

Democratic 2016 front-runner Hillary Clinton said in an interview released Monday that she is "so proud" of President Obama for the executive actions he announced last week to curb gun violence in the U.S.

"I've spent a lot of time around families that have lost kids or loved ones to gun violence and there are just no words," Clinton said during an interview on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" slated to air Monday afternoon.

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"I was so proud of the President the other day when he said, 'Hey, we have to do something to stop all of this gun violence. You send your first grader to school and you don't expect to lose that child in a mass murder,'" she added.

"I know people are scared and I understand that completely as we do live in some really complicated and new times where things are happening that don't seem to add up," she added. "We have to get together and work together to try to eliminate all the threats as much as possible and we can do that."

President Obama delivers a statement on executive actions to reduce gun violence on Jan. 5 from the White House. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama's executive actions included the hiring of extra ATF agents, requiring background checks for guns bought from dealers online and at gun shows and a comprehensive upgrade to existing technology designed to help federal officials track stolen weapons.

Clinton, during her interview with DeGeneres, however, also saved time to comically muse on pop culture, including an admission that she "desperately" wanted a smartphone like the one owned by Kim Kardashian.